Since 2010, Kompost Kids and the Bay View Bash have worked towards making MKE’s most sustainable street-festival. Find information below, and in any of our blog posts under the category Make Dirt, Not Trash.

As always, we’ll be doing one of our favorite things – reclaiming organics from the landfill and hand-sorting the food/drink trash of 35,000 of our closest friends. In 2018, KOMPOSTERS sorted 100% of the 4000 lbs of trash. 2000 lbs were compostables, and almost 1000 lbs were recyclables, meaning only 28% went to the landfill. Before Trash Heroes sorted and reclaimed material, a waste audit showed that ~75% of everything in bags headed to the landfill was compostable.

#MKENoWaste Contest: Minimize our MKE’s total single-use trash leading up to and during the Bash to be eligible to win a sustainable prize! Contest rules and guidelines are here. Follow the contest on Facebook here.

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SPONSORSHIP: Sponsorship affords innovation in sustainable waste management and supports stipends for Green Team KOMPOSTERS. Sponsorship is closed for 2019, a huge thank you to Carmel Builders! To support, you can still donate here.

Article SERIES: Want more info? We’re working on a short series of articles with our friends Milwaukee Area Science Advocates (MASA) about how far we’ve come, and where we’re going, called #MakeDirtNotTrash.

Since 2010, we have helped this entirely volunteer-led festival increase their sustainability and move towards zero waste. The Bash is just one example of how large-scale events can reclaim items from the landfill turning them to soil, and we imagine a Milwaukee where that’s the norm. We need your help to get there.